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Valuation of a Company

Starters’ CFO presents

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  • Dr. Vivek Bindra Bada Business
  • IIT Delhi
  • Nexus Incubation Center, US Ambassy
  • India Accelerator
  • Kolkata Ventures
  • IIT Rurkee
  • IIM Rohtak
  • Startup events

Speaking Engagements

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Methods of Valuation
  3. Why Business Valuations and Financial Model

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Determining the Value

Customer traction

Reputation

Industry Hotness

Prototypes

Revenues

Distribution Channel

Factors responsible

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Startup Valuation is a Scientific Art!

Science

    • Methods of Valuation
      • Cost to duplicate, Book value , Market Multiple, Valuation by stage

Art

    • Valuation
      • How strong is your team?
      • How probable are the leads in the pipeline?
      • How innovative is the technology?
      • How useful is the product or service?
      • How are competitors performing in the market?

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Methods of Valuation

Valuation of a Company

Asset based Business Valuation

Income based Business Valuation

Market based Business Valuation

  1. Capitalisation of Earnings
  2. Discounted Cash Flow
  1. Asset Accumulation
  2. Excess Earnings
  1. Relative Pricing Model
  2. Relative transaction analysis

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Discounted Cash Flow Technique

Value that is based upon the theory that the value of the business is equal to the present value of its projected future benefits

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Step1- Analyze historical financials and operations. Make normalisation adjustments as necessary to develop baseline for future years

Step2- Prepare or review cash flow projections(revenue, expenses, capex, working capital)

Step 3- Develop appropriate discount rate and determine present value of the projected cash flow

Step 4- Adjust as applicable for any non-operating assets or liabilities

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Financial Modelling

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Historical Information

Analyze relationships, make assumptions

Project Sales, costs , other

Develop complete financials and analysis

Run scenarios, change assumptions

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Discounted Cash Flow Technique

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Relative Pricing Technique

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Relative Pricing Technique

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Valuation by Stage Method

Some ambiguous values are set by the investors, depending on the venture's stage of commercial development. The further the company has progressed along the development pathway, the lower the company's risk and the higher its value. 

Estimated Company Value

Stage of Development

$250,000 - $500,000

Has an exciting business idea or business plan

$500,000 - $1 million

Has a strong management team in place to execute on the plan

$1 million – $2 million

Has a final product or technology prototype

$2 million – $5 million

Has strategic alliances or partners, or signs of a customer base

$5 million and up

Has clear signs of revenue growth and obvious pathway to profitability

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Berkus Method

Assigns a range of values to the progress startup business owners have made in their attempts to get the startup off of the ground. 

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Choice of Valuation Methodologies in a given situation...

Relevant Approaches

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Compliances at the time of funding

Term Sheet

Shareholder Agreement

Private Placement

of Shares

Valuations

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How does fundraising work??

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Sources of Startup Funding

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Who will fund you?

Startups rarely get money from bankers but only from shareholders

So let’s focus on shareholders

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Who are the shareholders for each step?

Pre Seed�<100K

Seed�100K-1.5 M

Series A & B�500K- 5 M

Series C+

Personal Savings�Friends & family�Grants

Venture Capitalists�Business Angels�Angel Funds�Wealth Managers

Venture Capitalists�Business Angels�Angel Funds�Wealth Managers�Corporate Funds

Venture Capitalists�Growth Funds

M & A�IPO

Shareholders

In each round you give around 20-30% of your remaining capital, except in pre-seed when you give around 5-10%

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Top Venture Capital Firms in India

SAIF Partners

IDG India Ventures

Inventus Capital Partners

Blume Ventures

Norwest Venture Partners

Fidelity Growth Partners

DFJ India

Canaan Partners

BESSEMER Venture Partners

Intel Capital India

Nexus Venture Partners

Accel Partners

Sequoia Capital India

Helion Venture Partners

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